Lacrosse Goalie Battles
Some of the best lacrosse goalies in the college game do battle every weekend, so we decided to start chronicling these Lacrosse Goalie Battles.
Laxitorial #001: The PLL Can Go F%#E Itself, My Opinion, The PLL Is Feeding The Kill Face-Off’s Fire
Imagine working your ass off for most of your life to become the best in the world at the thing you love doing most. Imagine being recognized for that accomplishment, on the biggest stage, your sports All Star game, only to have the league take a dump on your...
Laxitorial #001: The PLL Can Go F%#E Itself, My Opinion, The PLL Is Feeding The Kill Face-Off’s Fire
Imagine working your ass off for most of your life to become the best in the world at the thing you love doing most. Imagine being recognized for that accomplishment, on the biggest stage, your sports All Star game, only to have the league take a dump on your...
Lyle Thompson Has a Day, Waterdogs & Cannons Pick Up Wins on Sunday & More (LaxFactor Podcast #172)
Lyle Thompson finally had his breakout game for the Cannons going for 5 goals and 4 assists in the Cannons one-goal win over the Archers. Stephen Rehfuss put up 2 goals and 3 assists in the win. The save of the year was made by Nick Marrocco as he turned away a...
PLL Week 5: Jeff Teat Dominated, Waterdogs, Redwoods & Atlas All Roll (LaxFactor Podcast #171)
Jeff Teat put the league on notice letting everyone know, he didn't just come for the PLL Rookie of the Year award, but he may be eyeing that MVP as well. Teat went off for 4 goals and 4 assists in the Atlas' win over the Chaos Saturday evening. The Waterdogs put the...
Whipsnakes Take Down The Archers, SSDM’s Excelling As Two-Way Mids & More (LaxFactor Podcast #170)
We are seeing that trend of "the teams that play Friday and Sunday back to back end up gassed by Sunday", and this weekend was no different as we saw the "rested" teams both win out this weekend. It started with the Matt Rambo-less Whipsnakes taking down the Archers...
Chaos Upset The Archers, Rabil Breaks Grant’s Points Record, Rookies Roll (LaxFactor Podcast #169)
The Chaos started the season with two straight losses and things looked rough for them with the Whipsnakes and the Archers up next. Instead of folding and starting 0-4, the Chaos decided to upset the two best teams in the league in back-to-back games. They held the...
Paul Rabil & Rob Pannell Improve Production, Connor Fields Struggles & More (LaxFactor Podcast #168)
I'm from Upstate NY so I'm naturally a big Connor Fields fan. When he found himself on the bench last season I couldn't believe it as the Chaos thrived without him. So in this episode I'm going to dive into the PLL stats a bit to see how this could happen. How could...
Premier Lacrosse League Week 3 Recaps, Rambo Scores OT Winner For The Whips (LaxFactor Podcast #167)
Matt Rambo proved yet again that he's the best lacrosse player in the world by scoring the OT game winner for the Whipsnakes against the Atlas on Friday night. We also got to see the debut of Jeff Teat, the Cornell attackman that lost two college lacrosse seasons to...
Gait Hires Pietramala As Syracuse Defensive Coordinator, LaxFactor Player Awards For 2021 (LaxFactor Podcast #166)
OK, so news first, Gary Gait, Syracuse's new head coach, only the 5th in the programs history, wasted no time making headlines in hiring Dave Pietramala, former adversary, and long time head coach at Cuse rival Johns Hopkins. Pietramala is one of the most storied...
Virginia Wins Natty Over Maryland, Gary Gait Named Syracuse Head Coach (LaxFactor Podcast #165)
Virginia won an instant classic over Maryland by a score of 17-16 capturing their second national title in a row, the first back to back championship in the programs history. Connor Shellenberger was a huge part of the win going for 4 goals and 2 assists. The redshirt...
NCAA Final 4 Previews & Predictions, Virginia vs UNC and Maryland vs Duke (LaxFactor Podcast #164)
Memorial Day Weekend is upon us, the most beloved weekend of the year by lacrosse fans all over the world. We have the top four seeds in the tournament doing battle this weekend so it's sure to be exciting. In Saturday's first game we have #4 Virginia taking on #1...
Duke, North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland Advance To The Final Four (LaxFactor Podcast #163)
Maryland made sure the NCAA Lacrosse Final Four wasn't an all ACC affair by knocking off Notre Dame in overtime on Sunday. We had three incredible lacrosse games that saw Duke and North Carolina also advance thanks to winning in overtime. One of the best quarterfinal...
NCAA Lacrosse First Round Recaps & Quarterfinal Round Predictions (LaxFactor Podcast #162)
We had some incredible games for this weekends first round NCAA Lacrosse Tournament action. To summarize, we saw Drexel give Notre Dame some trouble, losing 10-8 to the Irish in a game that came down to the final minutes. We saw Vermont lose by a margin to Maryland,...
May Madness Predictions, See My Bracket & Who I’m Picking To Win It All (LaxFactor Podcast #161)
May Madness is upon us, and today is the day I make predictions for the entire first round, complete with a predicted "margin of victory", and I'll also reveal my full bracket and pick my winner for this years NCAA Division I Lacrosse Tournament. I won't spoil my...
NCAA Lacrosse Tournament Bracket Breakdown & Matchup Discussion (LaxFactor Podcast #160)
So North Carolina brings home the top seed, followed up by Duke, Maryland and Virginia. Army ended up being the first team out, and Rutgers the last team in, and this was a tough call for the committee. Matchups look like this… 1 North Carolina vs Monmouth UNC will...
Conference Tournament Action: Maryland & Hopkins Advance, Plenty Of Upsets (LaxFactor Podcast #159)
We have had a great week of college lacrosse action with conference tournaments in full swing. On Thursday night we saw teams like Maryland, Denver, Georgetown and Drexel all handle their business. We also saw teams like Albany, Vermont and Hopkins pull upsets that...
Notre Dame Owns Syracuse, Michigan & Hop Upend The B1G Tournament & More (LaxFactor Podcast #158)
Syracuse hit the road to face Notre Dame with revenge on their minds, and instead they come home huge losers as the Irish embarrassed the Orange in an absolute blowout that has the #FireDesko crowd screaming from the rooftops, and even myself, a long time Desko...
Conference Tournaments Are Taking Shape & The Chase Scanlan Saga Continues (LaxFactor Podcast #157)
The Big Ten Lacrosse Conference seedings and tournament schedule is set. Maryland get's the #1 seed, Rutgers the #2, Penn State the #3, Ohio State #4, Michigan #5 (thanks to a coin toss) and Hopkins is the last seed. That tournament will kick off this weekend with...
Syracuse Beats Virginia, Duke, Maryland, Navy & UMBC All Get Wins As Well (LaxFactor Podcast #156)
A near must win for Syracuse in Charlottesville on Saturday and the Orange sent a message to everyone that doubted them letting us all know, they ain’t dead yet. Jakob Phaup who has struggled at the face-off dot against ACC foes went 24 of 27 against Petey LaSalla who...
Duke vs Notre Dame Rematch, Top Teams Key Players, Big Conference Matchups (LaxFactor Podcast #155)
In todays show we'll talk about the Duke and Notre Dame rematch that will be played Thursday night on the ACC Network. This will be a monster lacrosse game played under the lights in primetime. Michael Sowers and company will look to get revenge over Notre Dame and...
UNC Thrashes Syracuse, Georgetown Drops Denver In OT, LIU & Delaware Win (LaxFactor Podcast #154)
North Carolina put the big hurt on Syracuse in the Carrier Dome on Saturday beating the Orange 21-9. It's the first time in Syracuse's history they have lost by 7 or more goals 3 times at home. Terrible outing for Syracuse and things aren't looking good heading into...